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From: Rob Francis <Rob_Francis@dti.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: pwd_mkdb man page isn't clear
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:52:55 -0500
Organization: Digital Telemedia Inc.
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From the man page:
Pwd_mkdb creates dbopen(3) style secure and insecure databases
for the specified file. These databases are then installed into
/etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db respectively. The file is installed
into /etc/master.passwd.
Does this mean the /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db files are created
*from* whatever is in /etc/master.passwd? That sure doesn't seem to
be the case.
I'm trying to generate a bunch of entries on my own from a file, but
doing a `pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd` after creating a valid
/etc/master.passwd only has the effect of nuking my changes to
/etc/master.passwd.
Any thoughts on the matter?
-rob
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Rob Francis---Digital Telemedia---Rob_Francis@dti.net
<URL:http://www.dti.net/Hyplans/rfrancis/>